| PLUTARCH | Greek essayist and biographer (8) |
| LAMBDA | Letter from Greek essayist and lawyer |
| NICOLSON | Diplomat, writer and biographer who lived at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent with his wife Vita Sackville-West (8) |
| DRWATSON | Sherlock Holmes' companion and biographer (2,6) |
| BEERBOHM | Max _ essayist and caricaturist born in 1882 (8) |
| LAMBASTE | Severely criticise essayist and master without limits (8) |
| ADDISONS | Eng. essayist and others |
| ZIEGLER | Philip ___ (b.1929), British historian and biographer of William IV, Cecil Rhodes and Edward VIII (7) |
| BOSWELL | Companion and biographer of Samuel Johnson (7) |
| VASARI | Giorgio ___, Italian painter and biographer |
| FRASER | Lady Antonia ___, novelist and biographer (6) |
| NANCY | ___ Mitford, novelist and biographer (5) |
| SELDON | Anthony ___, historian and biographer, born in 1953 (6) |
| EDEL | Literary critic and biographer Leon |
| JAMESBOSWELL | The friend and biographer of 18th Century writer Samuel Johnson (5,7) |
| MITFORD | Nancy - - -, British novelist and biographer who wrote Love In A Cold Climate (7) |
| ARTHURMARX | American novelist, screenwriter and biographer who lost the 1941 Cincinnati Masters men's singles final to Bobby Riggs |
| EDITH | English poet, critic and biographer (1887-1964) whose autobiography, Taken Care Of, was published posthumously in 1965 (5) |
| SITWELL | English poet, critic and biographer (1887-1964) whose autobiography, Taken Care Of, was published posthumously in 1965 (7) |
| NANCYMITFORD | British novelist and biographer who wrote Love In A Cold Climate (5,7) |